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Aug 31, 2010 Alaska election officials to count Senate ballots |
| AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The hard-fought primary between Sen. Lisa Murkowski and her conservative challenger entered an important new phase Tuesday when election officials began counting thousands of outstanding ballots. | |
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Aug 31, 2010 New Yorkers Say 9/11 Concerns Eclipse Right to Build Mosque, Survey Finds |
| While most New York voters agree Muslims have the right to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site, a similar majority opposes it out of concern for families victimized by the Sept. | |
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Aug 31, 2010 Muslim leaders debate FBI presence at mosques |
| Muslim leaders are debating the wisdom of inviting FBI agents to mosques to provide protection at a time of rising anti-Muslim rhetoric and debate about the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero. | |
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Aug 30, 2010 Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean |
| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the US coast early Wednesday after battering tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and winds that damaged homes and toppled power lines. | |
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Aug 31, 2010 A look at home prices in 20 US cities |
| Home prices rose in June as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying. But demand has faded and prices are expected to fall through the rest of the year. | |
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Aug 31, 2010 Gartner lowers second-half PC sales forecast |
| SAN FRANCISCO Aug 31 (Reuters) - Technology research firm Gartner cut its forecast for personal computer sales for the second half of the year by 2 percent, signaling that a resurgence in tech spending that started earlier this year may not be as ... | |
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Aug 31, 2010 China Manufacturing Quickens From Weakest Since 2009 |
| By Bloomberg News - Wed Sep 01 02:49:45 GMT 2010 Economic expansion in China, the world's biggest metals user, will slow to as low as an annual 6 percent pace this decade after a three-decade run of 10 percent on average, according to Rio Tinto Group. | |
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Aug 31, 2010 Asia Stocks Rise With Copper on China, Australia; Won Gains, Yen Weakens |
| Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barry Knapp, the chief US equity strategist at Barclays Capital Inc., talks about the outlook for the US stock market. | |
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Aug 30, 2010 New Rules Proposed for Touting Cars' Fuel Economy |
| WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Monday proposed labeling each passenger car with a government letter grade from A to D based on its fuel efficiency and emissions, part of a broader effort by the government to promote electric ... | |
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Aug 30, 2010 Emirates's Clark Says Buying Stake in American Makes No Sense |
| Emirates, the biggest airline by international traffic, said it has no plan to acquire a stake in AMR Corp., denying speculation of a linkup with the parent of American Airlines. | |
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Aug 30, 2010 India's Economy Grows Most Since 2007, Adding Pressure on Rates |
| India's $1.3 trillion economy may expand 8.5 percent in the year to March 31, the most in three years, the central bank said July 27. | |
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Aug 29, 2010 Sanofi Reveals Its Bid for Genzyme |
| Sanofi-Aventis, the French drug maker, publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion bid for the American biotechnology firm Genzyme on Sunday, upping the ante in its effort to take over the company. | |
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Aug 28, 2010 Analysis: The uncomfortable mathematics of monetary policy |
| Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke enters the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Grand Teton National Park August 28, 2010. By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Bigger, as the Federal Reserve may soon discover, is not always ... | |
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Aug 27, 2010 Economic growth slows to 1.6 pct. in the spring |
| WASHINGTON - The economy grew at a much slower pace this spring than previously estimated, mostly due to the largest surge in imports in 26 years and a slowdown in companies' restocking of goods, The nation's gross domestic product - the broadest ... | |
| Latest news | SOFTWARE |
| Sep 1, 2010 Microsoft seeks China internet search partner: report (Reuters) |
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| Reuters - Software giant Microsoft Corp is looking for a partner in China to help the company play a major role in China's internet search market,... | |
| Aug 31, 2010 VMware buys software makers Integrien, TriCipher (AP) |
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| AP - VMware Inc., a maker of computer virtualization software, said Tuesday it has bought two smaller companies — Integrien and TriCipher. | |
| Aug 31, 2010 iPad Gets AutoCAD Along With Mac (PC World) |
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| PC World - Bringing AutoCAD software to Mac, iPhone and iPad might be a logical move for the company Autodesk, but it's an even bigger deal for... | |














